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Security session while japan's prime minister vowed a resolute response from tokyo. >> we will keep our high levels of alert while cooperating with the u.s. and south korea. >> reporter: with china responsible for 90% of north korea's trade, the trump administration is counting on beijing to rein in client state and u.s. officials claim they are receiving greater cooperation from the chinese than ever before but at least one analyst cautioned the president and his aides against imagining the chinese to be true allies in the effort to bring kim jong-un to heal. >> we got costs on chinese enterp...

You have seen the bitter resentment expressed by the north korean government, and i think that is a good sign, because it shows that china is bringing influence to bear on north korea. so far, so better, where there is some progress being made, but a lot of work needs to be done. >> bret: it has always been the getting china to move has been tough for the u.s. on this particular issue. is this different this time? >> well, time will tell. i think it is important to understand that north korea is not a client-state of china in the way, say, east germany was of the soviet union. so the chinese h...

You have seen the bitter resentment expressed by the north korean government, and i think that is a good sign, because it shows that china is bringing influence to bear on north korea. so far, so better, where there is some progress being made, but a lot of work needs to be done. >> bret: it has always been the getting china to move has been tough for the u.s. on this particular issue. is this different this time? >> well, time will tell. i think it is important to understand that north korea is not a client-state of china in the way, say, east germany was of the soviet union. so the chinese h...

And squelch their client state? >> for the last two weeks, we've had cooperations from beijing with all that i can guess, but the issue and answered your question is not so much with the chinese will do. the chinese if left alone will help the north koreans and do it to the hilt. but if the trump administration continues to apply real pressure on the north koreans, maybe we can move beijing in a better direction. we saw something important today, and that was president trump signing the executive order on jumping because china is the world's greatest dumper, and so clearly this was directed as...

Looks like russia is in fact complicit in the chemical attacks launched against syrians this. kind of protection is questionable and unacceptable and deserves condemnation from our president. >> does russia ultimately hold the cards when it comes to the war in syria? >> not necessarily so, but i think they have a lot of leverage. i mean, you know, syria has for some time been a client state of the russian government and this relationship is one in which we cannot avoid with a direct confrontation with -- with russia. i think that are of course i salute the air force for scrambling the f-22s a ...